911事件十周年：回首改变美国的那一天_BEC初级作文

911事件十周年：回首改变美国的那一天

8:42 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 departs Newark, N.J., with hijackers aboard. 美国航空93号班机从新泽西洲纽瓦克启程，有劫机者在该机上。

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8:46 a.m.: Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC). 11号班机撞向世贸中心北塔。

8:50 a.m.: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card tells President George W. Bush, who's visiting a Florida elementary school, about the crash. 白宫幕僚长Andrew Card向布什总统汇报了袭击事件，此时布什正在访问佛罗里达的一所小学。

8:55 a.m.: Occupants of the unhit WTC's South Tower are told not to evacuate. The building is secure. Then, minutes later, the New York Port Authority initiates an evacuation. 世贸中心南塔中的人员被告知不要撤离，大楼是安全的。但是10分钟后，纽约港务局又开始疏散塔内人员。

9:03 a.m.: Flight 175 smashes into the South Tower. 175号班机贯穿了南塔。

9:31 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack." 布什在佛罗里达发表讲话，称显而易见美国遭遇了恐怖袭击。

9:37 a.m.: Hijackers crash Flight 77 into the Pentagon. 劫机者驾驶着77号班机撞向五角大楼。

9:42 a.m.: The FAA, for the first time in history, halts all flights in the US and orders those in the air to land. 美国联邦航空管理局有史以来第一次停止了美国所有航班，并下令正在飞行的航班着陆。